Jim Van Cleave
Corpus Christi, Texas
“I’m usually a hardcore science fiction builder,” Jim says, “but a friend in San Antonio asked me to build this Eastern Air Lines ‘Silver Fleet’ DC-3, similar to one he flew in long ago. It was a great experience — especially trying to master the bare-metal finish of that long-ago airliner!” Jim added three antennas not provided in Minicraft’s 1/144 scale kit. He flattened the tires a little to “weight” them.